[hotwheels]

300));

change that number to 75

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
- <plugins>
- <plugin active="1" product="vbulletin">
<title>PM Preview v1</title>
<hookname>private_messagelist_messagebit</hookname>
- <phpcode>
- <![CDATA[
$pm['pmpreview'] = strip_quotes($pm['message']);
$pm['pmpreview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbc ode(fetch_censored_text($pm['pmpreview']), false, true), 300));

]]>
</phpcode>
</plugin>
</plugins>

which is where the hook is.........then be sure you made this change in your pm_messagelistbit template, in your templates (these are 2 different steps)

<td class="alt1Active" id="m$pm[pmid]" width="100%">
<div>
<span style="float:$stylevar[right]" class="time" style="font-size:9px;">$pm[senddate] @ $pm[sendtime]</span>
<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showpm&amp;pmid=$pm[pmid]"><if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$pm[title]</strong><else />$pm[title]</if></a> (<if condition="$show['unread']"><strong>$userbit</strong><else />$userbit</if> )
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
<i>$pm[pmpreview]</i>
</div>

</td>